Tile-mold.



No. 823,184. PATENTED JUNE 12, 1906.

W. P.' MBEKER.

TILE MOLD.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.'15, 1905.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM PASSMOEE MEEKER, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

TILE-MOLD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 12, 1906.

Application filed August 15, 1905' Serial No. 274,256.

consist iii the particulars hereinafter more fully set forth and described.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a top' view, partly in section, of a mold embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the same, taken on the line :1: 0c of Fig.

1, the wing F being omitted from the righthand side. Fig. 3 is a top view of my mold open, and Fig. 4 is a face view of one of the sections or leaves of my improved mold looking from within out.

Similar letters of reference designate similar parts in all the figures.

A is the base of my mold, which is provided with a raised flange a, surrounding a concavity in the base. The sides (or jacket) of the mold are formed of a plurality of duplicate sections B B, which are provided with lugs O O D D on their ends, whereby the sections can be hinged together by means of pintle-pins d d. The lugs D D are provided with extended ends or toes e 6, (shown in broken lines in Figs. 1 and 3,) which when the sections have been swung partially open strike against the outer faces of the adjacent sections, as shown in Fig. 3, and prevent the further relative opening thereof. The lugs D may have similar toes, if desired. F F are wings swinging upon the pintle-pins d d and lying between each pair of leaves B B and projecting into the interior of the mold beyond the inner faces of the leaves B B, as shown in the drawings. The inner faces of the leaves or sections B B are finished in the form desired for the face of the tiles, which, in the mold shown in the drawings, is a flat-faced rectangle with a beveled ed e, the surrounding edges b b b of the faces of the sections B B B being raised in the form of a rim or bead so as to produce a bevel upon the edge of the tile. The mold is held closed by means of a suitable lock G H and is opened and closed through the medium of the handles I I, the ends of which are shown broken off.

In operation the sections of the mold are closed and locked together upon the base A, as shown in 1 and 2. A suitable quantity of glass is then inserted through the top opening of the mold and is expanded so as to press against the sides of the mold. The expantions of the glass will be spread over into the mold, drawing the glass smoothly and evenly out over the upper and lower edges 7) b of the sections B B and back over the tops of the leaves F F, so as to cause the glass to draw closely back into the corners between the leaves F F and the sections B B and to smoothly and evenly fill the mold and produce perfect tile-sections.

The glass having been blown, the lock G H is opened, and the mold is swung apart by coming in contact with the sides of the next sections, and the other sections open out in the same manner as the handles are stretched apart. The base A is provided with a slot f, (shown in broken lines in Figs. 1 and 3,) into which the pintle-pin b of the rear joint of the mold extends down, and when the sides of the mold have been opened they may be shoved back on the base, the end of the rear pintlepin 1) sliding back in the slot f.

In the process of opening the mold the leaves F F are drawn backward and outward with the sections B B, but swinging freely upon the pintle-pins are permitted a certain amount of the free lateral motion, so that they may be withdrawn from the depressions which they have formed between the tile-sections without twisting or marring the edges thereof. When the mold has been thus opened, the blown molded articles may be withdrawn therefrom and allowed to cool. The top and bottom overblows are then removed, leaving the tile-sections J J J united by their flange edges 1' j j, as shown in Fig. 3, and after annealing, the sections may be separated by cutting vertically down the flanges 1 Y 7- By means of my im rovement I secure a tile-mold which is simp e in construction and operation, all of its side parts being hinged together, so as to open or close by a single sion being continued the top and bottom pormeans of the handles I I, the front sections swinging to the right and left, respectively,- until their motion is stopped by their toes a e,

annular recesses in the top and bottom of the continuous motion and in such a way as not to mar or distort the molded article, and the sections are all sufficiently massive to prevent their overheating or warping in operabase, of two series of side sections, the members of one series projecting interiorly be tween the members of the other series, and all being hinged together to form a jacket.

3. In a tile-mold, the combination, with a base, of a plurality of face-forming side sec tions alternating with flange-forming side sections, all said side sections being hinged together to form a complete jacket.

4. In a tile-mold,the combination, with a base, of a plurality of face-forming side sections, provided with recessed tops and bottoms, alternating With flange-forming side sections, all said side sections being hinged together and forming a complete jacket.

' 5. In a tile-mold, the combination, with a base, of a plurality of face-forming side sections, provided with marginal rims or beads, alternating with flange-forming side sections,

all said side sections being hinged together 3 5 tions pivoted to each other and provided with swing-stops, and flange-forming side sections pivoted to and having free, lateral swing between said face-forming sections, and forming therewith a com lete jacket.

8. Ina tile-mold, the com ination, with a base, of a plurality of face-forming side sections, provided with recessed tops and bottoms, alternating with fiange-forming side sections of the same length as the faces of said face-forming side sections, all said side sections being hinged together and forming a complete jacket.

9. In a tile-mold, the combination, with a base, of a pluralityof face-forming side sections, provided with recessed tops and bottoms, alternating with flange-forrning side sections of the same length as the faces of said iace-forming side sections and forming a complete jacket.

WILLIAM IASSMORE MEEKER.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM H. MoHR, BENJ. L. BLAUVELT. 

